Hair drying appliance



Dec. 17, 1940; I J. MATYS HAIR DRYING APPLIANCE Filed April 29, 1957INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. '117, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEJoseph Matys, New Bedford, Mass. Application April 29, 1937, Serial No.139,785

3 Claims.

The invention relates to a hair drying appliance and more especially todrying applicators for use in drying the hair after the waving of thesame, either permanent or otherwise.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an appliance ofthis character, wherein through the use of the invention, the'hair 'uponthe head of a person, after the waving thereof or curling of the samecan be readily and easily dried through air currents under pressure andsuction with the result that quick drying of the hair will be hadwithout liability of dis turbing the strands of the hair set under thewaving or curling thereof and particularly where a net is worn upon thehead and confining the hair for its setting, the appliance being ofnovel construction and can be readily handled for proper placement fordrying purposes.

Another object of theinvention is the provision of an appliance of thischaracter, which is simple of construction, thoroughly reliable andeflicacious in operation, readily and easily handled, eliminatingdiscomfort to a person having the hair dried after receiving a wavetreatment, readily and easily handled by an operator, and inexpensive tomanufacture and install.

With these and other objects in view, the in-. vention consists in thefeatures of construction. combination and'arran'gement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in r the accompanyingdrawing and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the head of a person having receivedhair waving treatment showing the appliance constructed in accordancewith the invention and inserted in the hair for drying purp ses.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the frame.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2. A

Figure 5 is a' sectional view taken on the line 5-s of Figure 2.-

Similar reference characters indicate corre sponding parts throughoutthe several views in the drawing.

In practicing my invention, as illustrated in the drawing, I provide apectiniform frame 5 adapted to be inserted into the hair adjacent thescalp of a person having received hair waving treatment. The frame isfashioned with two groups of tines 6 and 1 respectively, said tinesbeing hollow and profusely perforated and with the tines 6 arrangedalternately with respect to the tines I. The frame is also fashionedwith a pairof conduits 8 and 9 communicating with the tines 6 and 1respectively and with said conduits ar- 5 ranged one adjacent the otherand connected to the inner endsof the respective tines as clearlyillustrated in the drawing. The conduit 8 and 9, between their end, areprovided with communicating couplings l0 and II respectively and whichextend in an opposite direction with respect to the tines.

As diagrammatically illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing, I provide ablower 12 having outlet and inlet connections I! and i5 respectively 15and with the outlet connection 14 interiorly fitted with an electricheating coil 16 for warming or heating air discharged therethrough. Thecouplings l0 and II are connected to the outlet and inlet connections l4and I5 respectively of the 20 blower by means of hose l'l whereby uponoperation of theblower heater air is supplied to the tines 6 through theconduit 8 and air is withdrawn from the tines I through the conduit 9.

In use, the frame is inserted within previously treated and waved hairwith the tines arranged adjacent the scalp whereupon a net N is appliedover the hair to hold the same in a fixed condition during settingthereof as'is customary in hair waving treatments. When the frame isthus arranged, the blower is operated to supply heated air to the tines6 and to withdraw'air from the tines I, the supplying and withdrawing ofthe air from the tines being simultaneous. Due to one group of the tinesbeing disposed in pairwise correlation with the tines of the othergroup, heated air is circulated between the tines and adjacent thescalp, thus effecting a drying of the hair without disturbing the samewhile in set condition. 40

What is claimed is:

- 1. An .appliance of the character described, comprising, a pectiniformframe adapted to be inserted into the hair adjacent the scalp andfashioned withgroups of perforated hollow tines with the tines of onegroup arranged alternately with respect to the tines of the other group,and conduits communicating with said groupsrespec tively. said conduitsadapted for connection to heated air-supply and suction-creating meansrespectively for supplying air to one of said groups simultaneously.

2. An appliance of the character described,

, and withdrawing air from the other of said groups comprising, a'pectiniform frame adapted to be inserted into the hair adjacent thescalp and comprising, a pectiniiormirame adapted to be' fashioned withgroups of profusely perforated Jnserted into the hair adjacent the scalpand hollow tinesand with the tines of one group iniashioned with groupsof perforated hollow tines terpositioned with respect to the tines oithe with the tines of one group disposed in-pairwisc other group.independent conduits communicatv i correlation with the tines oi theother group, and 1 ing with said groups respectively, and means conduitscommunicating withssidgroups respeccarried by said conduits forconnecting said contively, said conduits adapted tor connection to duitsto heated air-supply and suction-creatingj heated aid-supply andsuction-creating means means respectively for supplying air to one 01respectively for supplying airtoone of said groups said groups andwithdrawing air from the other and withdrawing airiromthe other-oi saidgroups '10 of said groups simultaneously-j 1 simultsneomly; s 4

3. An appliance of the character described, I coma mm.

